Conjugated Pyridines with an End-Capping Ferrocene

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Conjugated Pyridines with an End-Capping Ferrocene Jiann T. Lin,* Jiann Jung Wu, Chyi-Shiun Li, Yuh S. Wen, and Kuan-Jiuh Lin Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China Received July 22, 1996X

This study reports the synthesis of new pyridyl ligands incorporating an alkyne entity with an end-capping ferrocenyl moiety: 1-(ferrocenylethynyl)-4-((4-pyridyl)ethynyl)benzene (FEPEB), 1-ferrocenyl-6-(4-pyridyl)hexatriyne (FPHT), and 1-ferrocenyl-4-(4-pyridyl)butadiyne (FPBD). The complexes W(CO)4(L)(FEPEB) (L ) CO, PPh3, P(OMe)3, PMe3), W(CO)4(L)(FPHT) (L ) CO, PPh3, P(OMe)3, PMe3), and W(CO)5(FPBD) are obtained by ligating FEPEB, FPHT, and FPBD to W(CO)4(L)(THF). The energy of tungsten metal to pyridyl π* charge transfer (MLCT) depends on both the pyridyl ligand and the ancillary ligand, L. Treating FPHT and FPBD with MeI causes N-methylpyridinium derivatives to form, which exhibit a strong low-lying charge-transfer band. As a comparative study, the complexes 1-(ferrocenylethynyl)-4-((4-nitrophenyl)ethynyl)-benzene (FENEB) and 1-(ferrocenylethynyl)-4-((4-aminophenyl)ethynyl)benzene (FEAEB) have also been synthesized. X-ray analysis has been employed to examine the structures of 1-(ferrocenylethynyl)-4ethynylbenzene, W(CO)4(PPh3)(FEPEB), W(CO)5(FPHT), and 1,8-diferrocenyloctatetrayne.

Introduction The study of dinuclear complexes linked by conjugated pyridyl ligands is an intriguing area of research, not least for the possibilities they offer of electronic communication between terminal subunits.1 Our interest in di- and polynuclear metal complexes bridged by pyridyl ligands incorporating an alkyne entity2 has focused on several potential aspects of application: (a) the complexes may exhibit nonlinear optical phenomena3 because the metal fragment can function either as an electron donor,4 due to strong metal to ligand charge transfer (MLCT),5 or as an electron acceptor, on the basis of the σ-donation from the nitrogen atom to the metal center;6 (b) a molecule can retain two or more metal centers,7 providing a cooperative effect in catalysis; (c) metal organic polymers can be derived from these organometallic complexes;8 (d) bridged dinuclear complexes may serve as models for investigating metalmetal interaction.9 * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: [email protected]. X Abstract published in Advance ACS Abstracts, October 15, 1996. (1) (a) Thomas, J. A.; Hutchings, M. G.; Jones, C. J.; McCleverty, J. A. Inorg. Chem. 1996, 35, 289. (b) McWhinnie, S. L. W.; Thomas, J. A.; Hamor, T. A.; Jones, C. J.; McCleverty, J. A.; Collison, D.; Mabbs, F. E.; Harding, C. J.; Yellowlees, L. J.; Hutchings, M. G. Inorg. Chem. 1996, 35, 760. (c) Hissler, M.; Ziessel, R. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1995, 893. (d) Harriman, A.; Hissler, M.; Ziessel, R.; Cian, A. D.; Fisher, J. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1995, 4067. (2) (a) Lin, J. T.; Sun, S. S.; Wu, J. J.; Liaw, Y. C.; Lin, K. J. J. Organomet. Chem. 1996, 517, 217. (b) Lin, J. T.; Sun, S. S.; Wu, J. J.; Lee, L. S.; Lin, K. J.; Huang, Y. F. Inorg. Chem. 1995, 34, 2323. (3) Long, N. J. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 1995, 34, 21. (4) (a) Kanis, D. R.; Ratner, M. A.; Marks, T. J. Chem. Rev. 1994, 94, 195. (b) Bourgault, M.; Tam, W.; Eaton, D. F. Organometallics 1990, 9, 2856. (5) Geoffroy, G. L., Wrighton, M. S., Eds. Organometallic Photochemistry; Academic Press: New York, 1979. (6) (a) Kanis, D. R.; Lacroix, P. G.; Ratner, M. A.; Marks, T. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 10089. (b) Bourgault, M.; Mountassir, C.; Le Bozec, H.; Ledoux, I.; Pucetti, G.; Zyss, J. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1993, 1623. (7) (a) Bunz, U. H. F.; Enkelmann, V.; Ra¨der, J. Organometallics 1993, 12, 4745. (b) Wiegelmann, J. E. C.; Bunz, U. H. F. Organometallics 1993, 12, 3792. (c) Sterzo, C. L.; Stille, J. K. Organometallics 1990, 9, 687. (d) Sterzo, C. L.; Miller, M. M.; Stille, J. K. Organometallics 1989, 8, 2331.

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Our previous papers reported dinuclear tungsten carbonyl and rhenium carbonyl complexes with a pyridyl bridge incorporating an alkyne entity.2 Our continuing inquiries now turn to how the metal moieties as well as the bridges in these systems may be varied. In view of the high stability and redox-active properties of ferrocene,10 this study extends the interest to the analogous pyridyl ligand bridged complexes in which an electron-releasing ferrocenyl group11 is one of the terminal subunits. This following work investigates the syntheses and certain physical properties of these new complexes.

Experimental Section The general procedures and physical measurements resemble those described in an earlier report.2 4-Ethynylpyridine,12 1,4-diethynylbenzene,13 1-iodoferrocene,14 ferrocen-

(8) (a) Jia, G.; Puddephatt, R. J.; Vittal, J. J.; Payne, N. C. Organometallics 1993, 12, 263. (b) Zeldih, M., Wynne, K., Allcock, H. R., Eds. Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers; Advances in Chemistry Series 224; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1988. (9) (a) Grosshenny, V.; Ziessel, R. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1993, 817. (b) Das, A.; Maher, J. P.; McCleverty, J. A.; Badiola, J. A. N.; Ward, M. D. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1993, 681. (c) Potts, K. T.; Horwitz, C. P.; Fessak, A.; Keshararz, K. M.; Nash, K. E.; Toscano, P. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 10444. (d) Bunel, E. E.; Valle, L.; Jones, N. L.; Carroll, P. J.; Gonzalez, M.; Munoz, N.; Manriquez, J. M. Organometallics 1988, 7, 789. (e) Sutton, J. E.; Taube, H. Inorg. Chem. 1981, 20, 3125. (10) Togni, A., Hayashi, T., Eds. Ferrocenes; VCH: Weinheim, Germany, 1995. (11) (a) Togni, A.; Rins, G. Organometallics 1993, 12, 3368. (b) Doineau, G.; Balavoine, G.; Fillebeen-Khan, T.; Clinet, J. C.; Delaire, J.; Ledoux, I.; Loucif, R.; Puccetti, G. J. Organomet. Chem. 1991, 421, 299. (c) Green, M. L. H.; Qin, J.; O’Hare, D.; Bunting, H. E.; Thompson, M. E.; Marder, S. R.; Chatakondu, K. Pure Appl. Chem. 1989, 61, 817. (d) Green, M. L. H.; Marder, S. R.; Thompson, M. E.; Bandy, J. A.; Bloor, D.; Kolinsky, P. V.; Jones, R. J. Nature 1987, 330, 360. (12) King, R. B., Ed. Organometallic Synthesis, Transition-Metal Compounds; Academic Press: New York, 1965; Vol. 1. (13) Austin, W. B.; Bilow, N.; Kelleghan, W. J.; Lau, K. S. J. Org. Chem. 1981, 46, 2280. (14) Jones, K.; Lappert, M. F. J. Organomet. Chem. 1965, 3, 295.

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Conjugated Pyridines with an End-Capping Ferrocene ylacetylene,15 and ferrocenylbutadiyne16 have been prepared as described previously. 1-(Ferrocenylethynyl)-4-ethynylbenzene (1). A 14.9 mL amount of n-BuLi (1.6 M in hexane, 23.8 mmol) was added over a 20 min period to a THF solution of 1,4-diethynylbenzene (3.0 g, 23.8 mmol) prechilled to -70 °C. After 1 h, a THF solution of ZnCl2 (3.24 g, 23.8 mmol) was added; the mixture was warmed to room temperature and stirred for a further 1 h. The solution was then added to a mixture of iodoferrocene (7.40 g, 23.8 mmol) and Pd(PPh3)4 (820 mg, 0.71 mmol); after 24 h, this mixture was pumped dry and the residue extracted with Et2O/H2O. Then, the ether layer was pumped dry and the residue chromatographed. Elution by CH2Cl2/hexane (1: 3) caused two bands to appear. The first was unreacted iodoferrocene, and from the second, pale red-orange powdery 1 was obtained in 37% yield (2.70 g). MS (FAB): m/e 310 (M+). Anal. Calcd for C20H14Fe: C, 77.45; H, 4.55. Found: C, 77.21; H, 4.28. 1-(Ferrocenylethynyl)-4-((4-pyridyl)ethynyl)benzene (2; FEPEB). Et2NH (100 mL) was added to a flask containing a mixture of 4-bromopyridine hydrochloride (1.88 g, 9.8 mmol), 1 (2.50 g, 8.1 mmol), Pd(PPh3)2Cl2 (270 mg, 0.24 mmol), and CuI (45 mg, 0.24 mmol). The resulting mixture was heated to 60-65 °C for 24 h. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue extracted with Et2O/H2O. The ether layer was transferred to a flask containing MgSO4 to remove H2O and filtered. The filtrate was pumped dry and the residue chromatographed. Elution by THF/hexane (1:5) provided the yellow-orange powdery 2 in 46% yield (1.44 g). MS (FAB): m/e 387 (M+). Anal. Calcd for C25H17NFe: C, 77.52; H, 4.43; N, 3.62. Found: C, 77.42; H, 4.18; N, 3.45. W(CO)4(L)(FEPEB) (3, L ) CO; 4, L ) PPh3; 5, L ) P(OMe)3; 6, L ) PMe3). Essentially the same procedures were applied to synthesize 3-6; consequently, only the preparation of 4 is described in detail. A THF solution of W(CO)4(PPh3)(THF) prepared in situ from W(CO)6 (600 mg, 1.70 mmol) and PPh3 (446 mg, 1.70 mmol) was reduced in volume and transferred to a flask containing FEPEB. The solution was stirred for 18 h, and the solvent was removed under a vacuum. The residue was chromatographed under nitrogen. Elution by CH2Cl2/hexane (1:3) caused a red band to appear, from which a deep red powdery 4 was isolated in 28% yield (450 mg). MS (FAB): m/e 946 ((M + 1)+, 184W). Anal. Calcd for C47H32NO4PFeW: C, 59.71; H, 3.41; N, 1.48. Found: C, 59.84; H, 3.55; N, 1.32. The yellow complex 3 was eluted by CH2Cl2/hexane (1:6) in a yield of 53%. Anal. Calcd for C30H17NO5FeW: C, 50.67; H, 2.41; N, 1.97. Found: C, 50.65; H, 2.38; N, 1.81. The red-orange complex 5 was eluted by CH2Cl2/hexane (1: 2), giving a yield of 27%. Anal. Calcd for C32H26NO7PFeW: C, 47.61; H, 3.25; N, 1.74. Found: C, 47.67; H, 3.31; N, 1.57. The red complex 6 was eluted by CH2Cl2/hexane (1:2.5), providing a yield of 25%. Anal. Calcd for C32H26NO4PFeW: C, 50.62; H, 3.45; N, 1.84. Found: C, 50.52; H, 3.48; N, 1.73. 1-Ferrocenyl-6-(4-pyridyl)hexatriyne (7, FPHT). To a mixture of ferrocenylbutadiyne (1.00 g, 4.27 mmol), ethynylpyridine (0.53 g, 5.12 mmol), Cu(OAc)2‚H2O (46 mg, 0.13 mmol), and CuI (24 mg, 0.13 mmol) was added 80 mL of pyridine, 50 mL of Et2O, and 30 mL of MeOH. The resulting mixture was stirred in air for 18 h. The solvent was removed under vacuum, and the residue was chromatographed under nitrogen. Elution by THF/hexane (1:6) afforded two bands. The first band was identified as 1,8-bis(ferrocenyl)octatetrayne (20%). The pale red-orange powdery 7 was isolated in 35% yield (500 mg) from the second band. MS (FAB): m/e 401 (M+). Anal. Calcd for C21H13NFe: C, 75.25; H, 3.91; N, 4.18. Found: C, 75.20; H, 3.90; N, 4.00. (15) Rosenblum, M.; Brawn, N.; Papenmeier, J.; Applebaum, M. J. Organomet. Chem. 1966, 6, 173. (16) Yuan, Z.; Stringer, G.; Jobe, I. R.; Kreller, D.; Scott, K.; Koch, L.; Taylor, N. J.; Marder, T. B. J. Organomet. Chem. 1993, 452, 115.

Organometallics, Vol. 15, No. 23, 1996 5029 W(CO)4(L)(FPHT) (8, L ) CO; 9, L ) PPh3; 10, L ) P(OMe)3; 11, L ) PMe3). Again, the same procedures were followed for synthesizing 8-11, and therefore, only the preparation of 9 is described. A THF solution of W(CO)4(PPh3)(THF) prepared in situ from W(CO)6 (0.50 g, 1.42 mmol) and PPh3 (0.38 g, 1.42 mmol) was reduced in volume and transferred to a flask containing FPHT (0.48 g, 1.42 mmol). The solution was stirred for 18 h, and solvent was removed under vacuum. The residue was chromatographed under nitrogen. Elution by CH2Cl2/hexane (1:3) provided a red band from which the powdery 9 was isolated in 32% yield (400 mg). MS (FAB): m/e 893 (M+, 184W). Anal. Calcd for C43H28NO4PFeW: C, 57.81; H, 3.16; N, 1.57. Found: C, 57.62; H, 3.01; N, 1.30. The light red complex 8 was eluted by CH2Cl2/hexane (1:4) and isolated in 54% yield. Anal. Calcd for C26H13NO5FeW: C, 47.38; H, 1.99; N, 2.13. Found: C, 47.32; H, 1.93; N, 2.07. The deep red complex 10 was eluted by CH2Cl2/hexane (1: 4) and isolated in 29% yield. Anal. Calcd for C28H22NO7PFeW: C, 44.53; H, 2.94; N, 1.85. Found: C, 44.35; H, 2.86; N, 1.80. The purple complex 11 was eluted by CH2Cl2/hexane (1:4) and isolated in 31% yield. Anal. Calcd for C28H22NO4PFeW: C, 47.56; H, 3.14; N, 1.98. Found: C, 47.50; H, 3.01; N, 1.83. 1-Ferrocenyl-4-(4-pyridyl)butadiyne (12; FPBD). Compound 12 was synthesized in the same manner employed for 7, except that ferrocenylacetylene was used instead of ferrocenylbutadiyne. The first band was identified as 1,4-bis(ferrocenyl)butadiyne (15%). The red powdery 12 was isolated in 15% yield from the second band. MS (FAB): m/e 311 (M+). Anal. Calcd for C19H13NFe: C, 73.34; H, 4.21; N, 4.50. Found: C, 73.42; H, 4.38; N, 4.79. W(CO)5(FPBD) (13). Complex 13 was synthesized by the same procedures employed for 8-11 except that FPBD served instead of FPHT. A reddish brown complex 13 was eluted by CH2Cl2/hexane (1:5) and isolated in 26% yield. Anal. Calcd for C24H13NO5FeW: C, 45.39; H, 2.06; N, 2.21. Found: C, 45.32; H, 2.10; N, 2.16. 1-Ferrocenyl-6-(1-methyl-4-pyridiniumyl)hexatriyne Iodide (14; FPHTI). To a CH2Cl2 solution (50 mL) of 7 (100 mg, 0.299 mmol) was added a 10-fold excess of MeI. The solution was then stirred at room temperature for 16 h. After the solvent was removed, the residue was washed with hexane and dried in vacuo to provide a brown powdery 14 in 56% yield (81 mg). MS (FAB): m/e 350 ((M - I)+). Anal. Calcd for C22H16NIFe: C, 55.38; H, 3.38; N, 2.94. Found: C, 55.30; H, 3.22; N, 2.80. 1-Ethynyl-4-((4-nitrophenyl)ethynyl)benzene (15). A 7.7 mL portion of n-BuLi (1.5 M in THF, 11.6 mmol) was added over a 10 min period to a THF solution of 1,4-diethynylbenzene (1.33 g, 10.6 mmol), prechilled to -70 °C. After 1 h, a THF solution of ZnCl2 (1.44 g, 10.6 mmol) was added and the mixturewarmed to room temperature. The solution was stirred for a further 1 h and then added to a mixture of 4-iodo1-nitrobenzene (2.63 g, 10.6 mmol) and Pd(PPh3)4 (365 mg, 0.32 mmol). After 24 h, the solution was pumped dry and the residue extracted with Et2O/H2O. After the solvent was removed from the ether layer, the pale yellow powdery 15 was isolated in 50% yield (1.30 g). MS (FAB): m/e 247 (M+). Anal. Calcd for C16H9NO2: C, 77.72; H, 3.67; N, 5.66. Found: C, 77.49; H, 3.37; N, 5.60. 1-(Ferrocenylethynyl)-4-((4-nitrophenyl)ethynyl)benzene (16; FENEB). Et2NH (100 mL) was added to a flask containing a mixture of iodoferrocene (1.27 g, 2.02 mmol), 15 (0.50 g, 2.02 mmol), Pd(PPh3)2Cl2 (42.5 mg, 0.060 mmol), and CuI (19.2 mg, 0.10 mmol). The solution was then heated to 55-60 °C for 24 h. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue extracted with Et2O/H2O. To remove H2O, the ether layer was transferred to a flask containing MgSO4 and filtered. The filtrate was pumped dry, and the residue was chromatographed. Elution by CH2Cl2/hexane (1:3) yielded two bands. The first was the unreacted iodoferrocene, and from the second band, after the solvent was removed, red powdery

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Table 1. Crystal Data for Compounds 1, 4, 8, and 19 chem formula fw cryst size, mm space group a, Å b, Å c, Å R, deg β, deg γ, deg V, Å3 Z T, °C λ(Mo KR), Å Fcalc, g cm-3 µ, cm-1 transmissn coeff Ra Rwb a

1

4

8

19

C20H14Fe 310.17 0.25 × 0.09 × 0.06 P21/n 5.993(2) 19.912(3) 12.393(2)

C47H31FeNO4PFeW 944.43 0.34 × 0.13 × 0.25 P1h 12.208(2) 12.674(1) 13.934(1) 108.707(7) 100.63(1) 94.7339(9) 1983.7(4) 2 +25 0.7107 1.581 34.1 1.00-0.64 0.031 0.035

C26H13NO5FeW 659.09 0.25 × 0.25 × 0.06 P21/m 8.321(2) 10.106(2) 14.411(3)

C14H9Fe 233.07 0.25 × 0.25 × 0.25 C2/m 11.980(2) 8.942(2) 10.018(4)

95.06(2)

106.47(2)

1207.2(4) 4 +25 0.7107 3.627 110.0 1.00-0.48 0.031 0.033

1029.0(5) 4 +25 0.7107 1.504 28.4 0.92-0.78 0.029 0.033

98.06(2) 1464.2(6) 4 +25 0.7107 1.407 10.2 1.00-0.95 0.041 0.044

R ) ∑||Fo| - |Fc||/∑|Fo|. b Rw ) [∑w(|Fo| - |Fc|)2/∑w|Fo|2]1/2; w ) 1/[σ2(Fo) + kFo2]. For 1, k ) 0.0002; for 4, 8, and 19, k ) 0.0001.

16 was obtained in 69% yield (0.60 g). MS (FAB): m/e 431 ((M+). Anal. Calcd for C26H27NO2Fe: C, 72.39; H, 3.98; N, 3.25. Found: C, 72.15; H, 3.90; N, 3.12. 1-Ethynyl-4-((4-aminophenyl)ethynyl)benzene (17). The same general procedures were followed for synthesizing 15, except that 4-iodoaniline served instead of 4-iodo nitrobenzene. A pale yellow powdery 17 was isolated in 45% yield (1.50 g). MS (FAB): m/e 218 (M+). Anal. Calcd for C16H11N: C, 88.13; H, 5.44; N, 6.43. Found: C, 87.95; H, 5.21; N, 6.25. 1-(Ferrocenylethynyl)-4-((4-aminophenyl)ethynyl)benzene (18; FEAEB). Pale yellow 18 was synthesized by the same procedures as employed for 16, except that 17 was utilized instead of 15. Complex 18 was eluted by THF/hexane (1:5), providing a yield of 55%. Anal. Calcd for C26H29NFe: C, 77.82; H, 4.77; N, 3.49. Found: C, 77.68; H, 4.70; N, 3.39. Crystallographic Studies. Crystals of 1, 4, 8, and 1,8bis(ferrocenyl)octatetrayne (19) were grown by slowly diffusing hexane into a concentrated solution of relevant complexes in CH2Cl2. Crystals were mounted in thin-walled glass capillaries. Diffraction was measured by an Enraf-Nonius CAD4 diffractometer with an θ-2θ scan mode. Unit cells were determined by centering 25 reflections in the appropriate 2θ range. Other relevant experimental details are listed in Table 1. All data reduction and refinements were performed on a MicroVax 3800 computer employing NRCVAX17 programs. Intensities were collected and corrected for decay, absorption (empirical, ψ-scan), and Lp effects. The structures were solved by a combination of direct methods18 and difference Fourier methods and further refined by full-matrix least-squares techniques. All non-hydrogen atoms were refined anisotropically, and all hydrogen atoms were included in the structure factor calculation in idealized positions with dC-H ) 0.95 Å. Because of disorder, atoms C13-C16 and C21-C25 in complex 8 have only 50% occupancy.

Results and Discussion In this study, three series of complexes, I, II, and III, containing an end-capping ferrocenyl moiety, were synthesized. A palladium(0)-catalyzed coupling of organozinc with iodoferrocene provided 1-(ferrocenyl(17) Gabe, E. J.; LePage, Y.; Charland, J. P.; Lee, F. L.; White, P. S. J. Appl. Crystallogr. 1989, 22, 384. (18) Main, P.; Fiske, S. J.; Hull, S. E.; Lessinger, L.; Germain, G.; Declercq, J. P.; Woolfson, M. M. Multan80: A System of Computer Programs for the Automatic Solution of Crystal Structures from X-ray Diffraction Data; Universities of York, U.K., and Louvain, Belgium, 1980.

ethynyl)-4-ethynylbenzene (1).19 A Sonogashira coupling20 of 1 and 4-bromopyridine catalyzed by 3 mol % of PdCl2(PPh3)2 and CuI in diethylamine yielded 1-(ferrocenylethynyl)-4-((4-pyridyl)ethynyl)benzene (FEPEB; 2). Coordinating the dangling pyridine of 2 with W(CO)4(L)(THF), prepared in situ by photolyzing W(CO)5(L), led to the formation of heteronuclear dimers I, W(CO)4(L)(FEPEB) (3, L ) CO; 4, L ) PPh3; 5, L ) P(OMe)3; 6, L ) PMe3) (eq 1). A combination of Cu(I)

and Cu(II) from various sources, with or without the presence of O2, was observed to effect the oxidative coupling of terminal alkynes.21 It was found that combining Cu(OAc)2 and CuI in oxygen caused the coupling of ferrocenylbutadiyne (or ferrocenylacetylene) and ethynylpyridine to form 1-ferrocenyl-6-(4-pyridyl)hexatriyne (7; FPHT) or 1-ferrocenyl-4-(4-pyridyl)butadiyne (12; FPBD), although the homocoupling products 1,8-bis(ferrocenyl)octatetrayne16 (or 1,4-diferrocenylbutadiyne16) and 1,4-bis(4-pyridylbutadiyne (DPB)12, were also obtained. Complexes of series II, W(CO)4(L)(FPHT) (8, L ) CO; 9, L ) PPh3; 10, L ) (19) Compound 1 was reported in the literature recently: Hsung, R. P.; Chidsey, S. E. D.; Sita, L. R. Organometallics 1995, 14, 4808. (20) Campbell, I. B. In Organocopper Reagents; Taylor, R. J. K., Ed.; Oxford University Press: Oxford, U.K., 1994; Chapter 10. (21) (a) Kozhushkov, S.; Haumann, T.; Boese, R.; Knieriem, B.; Scheib, S.; Bauerle, P.; de Meijere, A. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 1995, 34, 781. (b) Parshall, G. W.; Ittel, S. D. Homogeneous Catalysis, 2nd ed.; Wiley: New York, 1992; pp 194-195. (c) Tabushi, I.; Yuan, L. C.; Shimokawa, K.; Mizutani, T.; Kuroda, Y. Tetrahedron Lett. 1981, 22, 2273. (d) Hay, A. S. J. Org. Chem. 1962, 27, 3320.

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Table 2. IR Spectra in the ν(CO) Region and 1H and ν(CtC),a

compd 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9e 10e 11e 12 13 14 15 16e 17 18e

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NMR Spectra

δ, ppmb,c (J, Hz)

8.91(d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.8, NCH), 8.68 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.0, NCH), 7.72 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.8, NCHCH), 7.54 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.0, NCHCH) 8.57 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 5.9, NCH), 7.53 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 8.5, Ph), 7.47 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 8.5, Ph), 7.38 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 5.9, NCHCH), 4.50 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.28 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.23 (s, 5 H, C5H5) 2072 m, 1972 vw, 9.10 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.9, NCH), 7.62 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 8.3, Ph), 7.56 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 8.3, Ph), 7.50 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.9, NCHCH), 4.54 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 1929 s, 1890 sh 4.33 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.26 (s, 5 H, C5H5) 2026 vs, 1925 s, 8.54 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.7, NCH), 7.60 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 8.6, Ph), 7.54 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 8.6, Ph), 7.45-7.38 (m, 15 H, PPh3), 7.14 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.7, NCHCH), 4.54 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, 1891 m C5H4), 4.33 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.26 (s, 5 H, C5H5) 2019 m, 1893 vs, 8.97 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.5, NCH), 7.63 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 8.6, Ph), 7.55 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 8.6, Ph), 7.51 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.5, NCHCH), 4.54 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.33 (t, 2 H, 1853 s, 2217 w JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.26 (s, 5 H, C5H5), 3.59 (d, 9 H, OMe) 2007 m, 1874 vs, 9.00 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.6, NCH), 7.62 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 8.5, Ph), 7.55 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 8.5, Ph), 7.52 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.5, NCHCH), 4.54 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4),4.33 (t, 2 H, 1845 s, 2214 w JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.26 (s, 5 H, C5H5), 3.59 (d, 9 H, OMe) 8.64 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 5.7, NCH), 7.50 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 5.7, NCHCH), 4.66 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.43 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.30 (s, 5 H, C5H5) 2071 m, 1965 vw, 9.07 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.4, NCH), 7.61 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.4, NCHCH), 4.66 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.45 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.31 (s, 5 H, C5H5) 1927 s, 1890 sh, 2167 w 2011 m, 1885 vs, 8.56 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.8, NCH), 7.46-7.38 (m, 15 H, PPh3), 7.14 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.8, NCHCH), 1849 s, 2166 w 4.67 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.45 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.31 (s, 5 H, C5H5) 2019 m, 1903 vs, 8.99 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.7, NCH), 7.52 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.7, NCHCH), 4.67 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, 1850 s, 2168 w C5H4), 4.44 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.31 (s, 5 H, C5H5), 3.61 (d, 9 H, JP-H ) 11.0, OMe) 2007 m, 1874 vs, 9.03 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.6, NCH), 7.51 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.6, NCHCH), 4.67 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, 1846 s, 2165 w C5H4), 4.44 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.29 (s, 5 H, C5H5), 1.50 (d, 9 H, JP-H ) 7.5, Me) 8.61 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 5.1, NCH), 7.46 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 5.1, NCHCH), 4.62 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.40 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.29 (s, 5 H, C5H5) 2070 m, 1932 s, 9.04 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 5.1, NCH), 7.56 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 5.1, NCHCH), 4.65 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.43 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.30 (s, 5 H, C5H5) 1897 m 9.24 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.4, NCH), 8.33 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.6, NCHCH), 4.70 t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.64 (s, 3 H, NCH3), 4.49 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.33 (s, 5 H, C5H5) 8.29 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 8.4, CHCNO2), 7.84 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 8.4, CHCHCNO2), 7.66 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 8.7, C6H4), 7.58 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 8.7, C6H4), 3.82 (s, 1 H, tCH) 8.31 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 8.8, CHCNO2), 7.96 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 8.8, CHCHCNO2), 7.60 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 8.3, C6H4), 7.54 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 8.3, C6H4), 4.56 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.33 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.29 (s, 5 H, C5H5) 7.47 (s, 4 H, Ph), 7.24 (d , 2 H, JH-H ) 6.6, CHCHNH2), 6.66 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 6.6, CHNH2), 5.05 (br s, 2 H, NH2) 7.45 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 8.7, C6H4), 7.42 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 8.7, C6H4), 7.20 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 8.4, CHCHCNH2), 6.55 (d, 2 H, JH-H ) 8.4, CHCNO2), 5.61 (s, 2 H, NH2), 4.57 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.34 (t, 2 H, JH-H ) 1.8, C5H4), 4.26 (s, 5 H, C5H5)

δ, ppmb,d (J, Hz)

36.7 (s, JP-W ) 241) 152 (s, JP-W ) 341) -21.5 (s, JP-W ) 226)

37.0 (s, JP-W ) 241) 153 (s, JP-W ) 384) -21.8 (s, JP-W ) 233)

a Measured in CH Cl solution. b Measured in acetone-d except for 2, 3, and 5, which were measured in CDCl . c Reported in ppm 2 2 6 3 relative to δ(Me4Si) at 0 ppm. d Reported in ppm relative to δ(85% H3PO4) at 0 ppm. e The signals due to the AA′MM′ spin system in symmetrical Cp ligands are, due to their simple appearance, reported as triplets with coupling constants equal to half of the separation between the two outer lines. Abbreviations: s ) singlet, d ) doublet, t ) triplet, m ) multiplet.

P(OMe)3; 11, L ) PMe3) and W(CO)5(FPBD) (13), were synthesized from the reactions of W(CO)4(L) with 7 and 12, respectively (eq 2). 1-Ethynyl-4-((4-nitrophenyl)-

ethynyl)benzene (18; FEAEB), were obtained from a subsequent Sonogashira coupling reaction between iodoferrocene and 15 (or 17) (eq 3).

ethynyl)benzene (15) and 1-ethynyl-4-((4-aminophenyl)ethynyl)benzene (17) were synthesized from a palladium(0)-catalyzed coupling of organozinc derived from 1,4-diethylbenzene with 4-iodo-1-nitrobenzene and 4-iodoaniline, respectively. The complexes of series III, 1-(ferrocenylethynyl)-4-((4-nitrophenyl)ethynyl)benzene (16; FENEB) and 1-ferrocenyl-4-((4-aminophenyl)-

The spectroscopic properties (Table 2) of these new complexes correlate with their formulations. Three moderate/strong carbonyl stretching bands for 4-6 and 9-11 in the infrared spectra require that the phosphorus donor ligand and pyridine be mutual by cis at the tungsten center. Except for 4 and 9, the R-ring protons of pyridines for the complexes have the chemical shifts appearing at lower field than those of free ligands in the 1H NMR spectra. The lower δ values for the R-ring protons of pyridine in 4 and 9 probably arise from the ring current shielding caused by the phenyl ligand of

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Table 3. UV Spectra and Assignments in CH2Cl2 λmax, nm compd

π-π*

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 18

310 316 330 330 330 330 318, 340, 365 330, 358 325, 348, 370 325, 348 315, 335, 370 305, 325, 335 315, 350, 375 348 335

Table 4. Redox Potentials for Complexes in CH2Cl2/CH3CN (1:1) at 298 Ka

MLCT

complex

395 437 404 454

1, EFEB 2, FEPEB 3, W(CO)5(FEPEB) 4, W(CO)4(PPh3)(FEPEB) 5, W(CO)4(P(OMe)3)(FEPEB) 6, W(CO)4(PMe3)(FEPEB) 7, FPHT 8, W(CO)5(FPHT)

425 487 460 505 402 558

the triphenylphosphine. A singlet accompanied by a pair of tungsten satellites with 1JP-W ) 226-384 Hz is observed in the 31P NMR spectra for all complexes containing a coordinated phosphine or phosphite. Table 3 illustrates the electronic spectra of the new complexes in CH2Cl2 at room temperature. The π f π* transition bands were assigned according to the various ferrocenyl complexes22 and the tungsten to pyridine charge-transfer (MLCT) transition bands assigned according to the relevant tungsten carbonyl pyridyl complexes.23 In accordance with what previous literature has reported, these MLCT bands fall in the range of 390-490 nm24 and exhibit a hypsochromic shift as the solvent polarity increases.25 The ancillary ligands strongly influence the MLCT energies of the complexes, and the MLCT energies in turn are ordered in accordance with the π-accepting ability of the ligands; L ) CO > P(OMe)3 > PPh3 > PMe3. The much weaker d-d transition substantially overlap the MLCT bands and are not assigned. The intense π f π* transition associated with conjugated alkynyl ligands for 1 (λ ) 310 nm) and 2 (λ ) 316 nm) is not observed in ferrocenylacetylene in the same region, possibly because elongating the conjugation length lowers the energy of the π* orbital. The extra pyridine moiety in 2 increases the λmax value by 6 nm compared to the value for 1. Coordinating the dangling pyridine of 2 with W(CO)4(L), an inductive acceptor,6a further increases the λmax value by 14 nm. The spectra of compounds 7 and 12 are more complicated than that of ferrocenyl-4-pyridylacetylene (22) (a) Alain, V.; Fort, A.; Barzoukas, M.; Chen, C. T. Inorg. Chim. Acta 1996, 242, 43. (b) Calabrese, J. C.; Cheng, L. T.; Green, J. C.; Marder, S. R.; Tam, W. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 7227. (c) Toma, S.; Gaplovsky, A.; Elecko, P. Chem. Pap. 1985, 39, 115. (d) Sohn, Y. S.; Hendrickson, D. N.; Gray, H. B. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1971, 93, 3603. (e) Rosenblum, M.; Brawn, N.; Papenmeier, J.; Applebaum, M. J. Organomet. Chem. 1966, 6, 173. (23) (a) Zulu, M. M.; Lees, A. J. Inorg. Chem. 1988, 27, 1139. (b) Lees, A. J.; Fobare, J. M.; Mattimore, E. F. Inorg. Chem. 1984, 23, 2709. (c) Gaus, P. J.; Boncella, J. M.; Rosengren, K. S.; Funk, M. O. Inorg. Chem. 1982, 21, 2174. (d) Pannel, K. H.; Gonzalez, M. G. d. l. P. S.; Leano, H.; Iglesias, R. Inorg. Chem. 1978, 17, 1093. (e) Wrighton, M. S.; Abrahamson, H. B.; Morse, D. L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1976, 98, 4105. (24) (a) Zulu, M. M.; Lees, A. J. Inorg. Chem. 1988, 27, 1139. (b) Lees, A. J.; Fobare, J. M.; Mattimore, E. F. Inorg. Chem. 1984, 23, 2709. (c) Gaus, P. L.; Boncella, J. M.; Rosengren, K. S.; Funk, M. O. Inorg. Chem. 1982, 21, 2174. (d) Pannel, K. H.; Gonzalez, M. G. d. l. P. S.; Leano, H.; Iglesias, R. Inorg. Chem. 1978, 17, 1093. (e) Wrighton, M. S.; Abrahamson, H. B.; Morse, D. L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1976, 98, 4105. (25) Kaim, W.; Kuhlmann, S.; Olbrich-Deussner, B.; Bessen-bacher, C.; Schulz, A. J. Organomet. Chem. 1987, 321, 215.

Eox (∆Ep)/Fe(2+/3+); W(1+/2+)

Ered (∆Ep)/ (PY(0/1-)

+0.19 (77) +0.18 (80) +0.14 (80); +0.70 (i) +0.15 (86); +0.36 (i) +0.20 (76); +0.46 (i) +0.23 (overlapping) +0.22 (90) +0.22 (110); +0.70 (i)

-2.00 (i) -2.02 (i) -2.04 (i) -2.05 (i) -2.06 (i) -2.14 (i) -1.78 (130); -2.22 (140) +0.26 (overlapping) -1.79 (110); 9, W(CO)4(PPh3)(FPHT) -2.26 (110) -1.82 (105); 10, W(CO)4(P(OMe)3)(FPHT) +0.24 (80); +0.39 (i) PMe3; (3) within the same series of complexes, a complex with L ) CO exhibits a significantly higher oxidation potential than any with an L ) phosphorus donor ligand. Except for complex 18, the iron atoms in all the complexes were found to possess a reversible oxidation potential, which appeared at more positive values (0.15-0.25 eV) than ferrocene. This phenomenon resembles that observed for the complexes Cp2Fes [CtCsC6H4]nsX19 and may be attributable to the presence of a somewhat electron withdrawing alkyne unit in the cyclopentadienyl ligand. The reduction potentials for PY π* levels of the complexes are consistent with the energy stabilization obtained by the π* acceptor orbital upon ligation of PY. (26) (a) Hoshi, T.; Okubo, J.; Kobayashi, M.; Tanizaki, Y. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1986, 108, 3867. (b) Steigman, A. E.; Miskowski, V. M.; Perry, J. W. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1987, 109, 5884. (c) Kobayashi, M.; Hoshi, T.; Okubo, J.; Hiratsuka, H.; Harazono, T.; Nakagawa, M.; Tanizaki, Y. Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1984, 108, 3867. (27) (a) Marder, S. R.; Perry, J. W.; Yakymyshyn, C. P. Chem. Mater. 1994, 6, 1137. (b) Marder, S. R.; Perry, J. W.; Tiemann, B. G.; Schaefer, W. P. Organometallics 1991, 10, 1896.

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Figure 1. ORTEP diagram of complex 1. Thermal ellipsoids are drawn with 30% probability boundaries.

Figure 2. ORTEP diagram of complex 4. Thermal ellipsoids are drawn with 30% probability boundaries.

Figure 3. ORTEP diagram of complex 8. Thermal ellipsoids are drawn with 30% probability boundaries.

Figure 4. ORTEP diagram of complex 19. Thermal ellipsoids are drawn with 30% probability boundaries.

Molecular Structures of 1-(Ferrocenylethynyl)4-ethynylbenzene (1), W(CO)4(PPh3)(FEPEB) (4), W(CO)5(FPHT) (8), and 1,8-Bis(ferrocenyl)octatetrayne (19). The ORTEP drawings of 1, 4, 8, and 19 are displayed in Figures 1-4, respectively. Table 5 lists selected bond distances and angles for the complexes. The coordination core surrounding the tungsten atom in 4 and 8 almost configures an octahedron, and in 4, the pyridyl ligand is cis to the phosphine ligand. In order for dxz and dyz orbitals to participate effectively in the metal to pyridyl π* charge transfer (N-W-C3 is assumed to be the z axis), the dihedral angle between the pyridyl ring (plane A) and the best constituted plane of W, N, C2, C3, and C4 (or W, N, C2a, C3, and C1) (plane B) should be 0, 45, or 90°. Complex 4 significantly deviates from these ideal angles (the largest deviations of atoms from the least-squares planes A and

W-P W-N W-C1 W-C2 W-C3 W-C4 Fe-C1 Fe-C2 Fe-C3 Fe-C4 Fe-C5 Fe-C6 Fe-C7 Fe-C8 Fe-C9 Fe-C10 Fe-C20 Fe-C21 Fe-C22 Fe-C23 Fe-C24 Fe-C25 Fe-C26 Fe-C27 Fe-C28 Fe-C29 C1-O1 C2-O2 C3-O3 C4-O4 N-C5 N-C6 N-C9 N-C10 C7-C8 C9-C10 C10-C11 C11-C12 C13-C14 C15-C16 C19-C20

C1-W-C2 C1-W-C3 C1-W-C4 C1-W-C1a C2-W-C2a C1-W-P C1-W-N C2-W-C3 C2-W-C4 C2-W-P C2-W-N C2-W-N1 C3-W-C4 C3-W-P C3-W-N C4-W-P C4-W-N W-C1-O1 W-C2-O2 W-C3-O3 W-C4-O4 P-W-N C1-C7-C8 C7-C8-C9 C8-C9-C10 C9-C10-C10b C7-C10-C11 C8-C11-C12 C10-C11-C12 C11-C12-C13 C13-C14-C15 C14-C15-C16 C15-C16-C21 C15-C18-C19 C18-C19-C20 C16-C19-C20

4 Distances 2.560(2) 2.268(5) 1.960(8) 2.032(8) 1.954(8) 2.008(8)

8

19

2.277(8) 2.02(1) 2.03(1) 1.98(1)

2.040(5) 2.027(6) 2.011(7) 2.020(7) 2.017(5) 2.039(5) 2.032(5) 2.036(5) 2.036(5) 2.043(5)

2.032(5) 2.024(4) 2.032(4) 2.00297) 2.001(5) 1.990(5)

2.030(7) 2.048(8) 2.028(8) 2.031(9) 2.033(8) 2.035(8) 2.044(9) 2.033(8) 2.037(8) 2.046(8) 1.15(1) 1.14(1) 1.16(2) 1.14(1) 1.332(9)

2.01(1) 2.02(1) 2.02(1) 2.02(1) 2.00(1)

1.14(1) 1.13(1) 1.15(2) 1.33(1)

1.36(1) 1.32(1) 1.19(1) 1.188(9) 1.19(1) 1.189(8)

1.18(2) 1.21(2) 1.20(2)

1.170(8) Angles 85.1(3) 86.1(3) 88.1(3)

87.9(4) 89.8(4) 91.7(4) 92.6(4)

175.4(2) 91.5(2) 87.8(3) 171.0(3) 99.4(2) 92.3(2) 85.8(3) 94.4(2) 177.6(3) 87.4(2) 93.8(2) 177.1(7) 175.2(6) 176.1(7) 174.9(7) 87.9(1)

89.0(3) 90.8(4) 90.4(3)

178.3(4) 177.9(8) 178.3(7) 177(1) 179.5(5) 177.9(6) 179.6(6) 179.6(6)

176.9(9) 179(1) 175.8(6) 176.7(6)

178.0(9) 155.9(7) 178(2) 177(2) 171(2) 174.4(9) 176.3(8)

179.8(7)

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B are 0.075(4) and 0.01(1) Å, respectively; dihedral angle 21.7(3)°). The dihedral angle for 8 closely approximates the ideal angle (the largest deviations of atoms from the least-squares planes A and B are 0.00(1) and 0.03(1) Å, respectively; dihedral angle 45.8(4)°). Retaining the planarity of the backbone in the bridge is regarded as crucial to the conjugation of π electrons through the bridge. Only 16 has perfect coplanarity for the two Cp rings. Other complexes appear to differ in the degree that the aromatic rings deviate from planarity: for 1, the dihedral angle of Cp/Ph is 8.6(2)°, and the largest deviations of atoms from the least-squares planes are 0.002(7) and 0.007(7) Å for Cp and Ph, respectively; for 4, the dihedral angles of py/Ph and Ph/Cp are 2.5(3) and 17.8(4)°, and the largest deviations of atoms from the least-squares planes are 0.00(1) and 0.01(1) Å for Ph and Cp, respectively. Therefore, information regarding just how effective the delocalization of the metal to ligand charge transfer through the bridge proved to be was not accessible from the solid-state structural data. The WsCsO linkage (174.9(7)-178.3(7)°) does not significantly deviate from linearity. The carbonyl WsC distances range from 1.954(8) to 2.03(1) Å, and as expected, the two mutual trans carbonyl ligands project slightly longer WsC distances. Other relevant crystal data also appear to be normal: the WsP distance is 2.560(2)°; the alkynyl CtC distances range from 1.170(8)

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to 1.21(2) Å. A structural analysis of the series of molecules NH2C6H4(CtC)nC6H4NO2 (n ) 0-3) confirmed that charge-transfer interactions through the conjugated backbone gave rise to quinonoid distortions of the nitrophenyl and aminophenyl functional groups, but not of the acetylene bridges.28 No apparent bond alternation in the pyridyl ring or acetylene linkers in 8 was observed. The WsN distances (2.268(5)-2.277(8) Å) are also comparable to the values recorded in the previous literature.29 Acknowledgment. We wish to thank Academia Sinica and the National Science Foundation of the Republic of China for financially supporting this research under Grant no. NSC-85-2113-M-001-034. Supporting Information Available: Listings of all bond distances and angles, positional parameters, anisotropic and isotropic thermal parameters, and dihedral angles between the least-squares planes and stereoviews for complexes 1, 4, 8, and 19 (29 pages). Ordering information is given on any current masthead page. OM960607H (28) Graham, E. M.; Miskowski, V. M.; Perry, J. W.; Coulter, D. R.; Stiegman, A. E.; Schaefer, W. P.; Marsh, R. E. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1989, 111, 8772. (29) Lin, J. T.; Huang, P. S.; Tsai, T. Y. R.; Liao, C. Y.; Tseng, L. H.; Wen, Y. S.; Shi, F. K. Inorg. Chem. 1992, 31, 4444.